Maidan Shar
city in Wardak province, Afghanistan
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Maidan Shar (Pashto: میدان ښار - Maidān Šhār;[1][2][3] Persian: میدان شهر; also Maydan, Meydan, Maidan) is the capital of Wardak Province, Afghanistan. About 35,008 people live in the town as of 2003.[4]
Maidan Shar
میدان شهر | |
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  Maidan Shar Location in Afghanistan | |
| Coordinates: 34°27′N 68°47′E / 34.450°N 68.783°E | |
| Country | Afghanistan |
| Province | Maidan Wardak Province |
| Time zone | UTC+4:30 |
On 21 January 2019, over 100 people were killed in a terrorist attack.
Economy
changeMost of the people in Maidan Shar do agriculture, livestock, gardening and trade. Many of the people are poor.
Education
changeBy the end of 2008, there were a total of 14 schools with about 9268 students. There were about 275 teachers teaching in these schools.[5]
People
change- Zarifa Ghafari, former mayor of Maidan Shar, was one of the first female Mayors in Afghanistan [6]
References
change- ↑ "Default Parallels Plesk Panel Page". Archived from the original on 2011-10-08. Retrieved 2012-04-17.
- ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-07-03. Retrieved 2012-04-17.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ↑ "Home". Archived from the original on 2012-04-26. Retrieved 2012-04-17.
- ↑ http://www.mrrd.gov.af/nabdp/Provincial%20Profiles/Wardak%20PDP%20Provincial%20profile.pdf Archived 2009-07-03 at the Wayback Machine Wardak Provincial Profile - MRRD
- ↑ http://www.mwardag.gov.af/media/Maidan%20Wardak%20Province%20Three%20years%20Report(English).pdf[permanent dead link]
- ↑ "Female mayor in Afghanistan says she's waiting for Taliban to 'come ... and kill me'". NBC News. 2021-08-16. Retrieved 2023-10-12.
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